Leghorn
noun
English name of Livorno.
Leghorn
American
[leg-hawrn, leg-ern, -hawrn]
/ ˈlɛgˌhɔrn, ˈlɛg ərn, -ˌhɔrn /
noun
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English name of Livorno.
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(lowercase) a fine, smooth, plaited straw.
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(lowercase) a hat made of such straw, often having a broad, soft brim.
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one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens that are prolific layers of white-shelled eggs.
Leghorn
1
British
noun
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the English name for Livorno
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a breed of domestic fowl laying white eggs
leghorn
2
British
/ ˈlɛɡˌhɔːn /
noun
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a type of Italian wheat straw that is woven into hats
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any hat made from this straw when plaited
Etymology
Origin of leghorn
C19: named after Leghorn (Livorno)
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Where Forte’s wimpy Kevin is a send-up of human fragility, Cena’s Buddy has the shatterproof ego of the rooster Foghorn Leghorn, who also happens to be Acme’s CEO.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Kipnis family has Italian citizenship through a paternal grandmother who hailed from Leghorn and moved to Israel, via Tunisia, after the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Daniel Craig plays Benoit Blanc, the master detective with the Foghorn Leghorn accent who is once again summoned by rich eccentrics to solve a mystery.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
Who cares if he sounds like Foghorn Leghorn?
From The Verge ● Sep. 12, 2022
“Bantam White Leghorn, from the sound of it.”
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
Our white leghorn hens, generally a sociable crew, had ganged up on one miserable hen that had somehow acquired a scratch on her neck.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2013
Livorno, in Tuscany, is the home of leghorn hats and the fencing school where Aide's father, Beppe, has been coaching Italian swordsmen for half a century.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Vancouver, B. C. a white leghorn hen was sold for $500.
From Time Magazine Archive
You could get a small white leghorn, feed it on grain for two weeks and then sell it for a dollar.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no spiral of lazy blue smoke twisting from the rock chimney, no white leghorn hen chasing a June bug, no horse or cow standing with head down and tail switching.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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